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It's been a long road, gettin' from there to here.
"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"
"Hi there. What can I do for you?"
Realistically, that would get annoying pretty fast and I'd soon learn to hate any song I chose. So I'd pick 4′33″, which is four minutes and 33 seconds of silence.
But otherwise I'd pick "One Bad Tank", from the video game Left4Dead2. It's the song that plays when the boss enemy enters a particular map.
The first 2-3 seconds of the Cowboy Bebop theme..
Second choice: ~0:48 to about 1:00 of Theme for Jetsetters by The Tikiyaki Orchestra (assuming a fade out near the end)
Third choice: Acapella version of the Pokemon Red Rival Appears music for about 14 seconds. People in the room find themselves disoriented and confused, wondering why on earth they started singing when I walked in.
One-Winged Angel. Just the intro, before the Latin. Specifically this version.
The best final boss music to a video game was 29 years ago and has not been topped since. Of course, with the rise of PlayStation and disc-based games (ironically, where Final Fantasy 7 was released and in which form), games became more about the journey than that final fight. There were still "last boss fights," but they became less the focus and more about the end of the journey. But after beating Sephiroth for the first time, and he sprouts a wing (just the one!) and this song kicks in, and the real fight begins... that's when you knew you were in some shit. Especially if you reached max level and Sephiroth took literally an hour to beat (I think this was an early anti-cheat thing).
Picture it... Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk starts playing. You walk in. Double finger-guns. Wry smile. A wink for every person in the room.
The very first part of Locke's Theme by Sean Schafianski (from Final Fantasy 6)
How long have you been a Streetfighter?
Starwars' Imperial March
Obviously the opening "Heeeeere we are!" from Queen's "Princes of the Universe"
Mine would have to be Oops I Did It Again, it'd just be the start of the chorus. I think that would nearly always fit the situation.
The clip used for Dramatic Chipmunk.
That first part of Crocodile Rock by Elton John. Really encapsulates the fact that I’m a silly willy.
I'm in Enterprise IT, so mine would be the chorus from Bob Dylan's "Everything is Broken.".
It was my work phone ringtone when I still had a work phone
People = Shit cover by Richard Cheese. It’s classy and represents my honest feelings at the same time.
The opening theme from the Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. that's currently being used in the Olympics.
Either the opening of take me out or a little ways in to pinball wizard if it has to be very short, if longer than the opening from people say I'm over the top
Darth Vader's imperial march. It's also my ringtone...and does play when I enter a room occasionally...if I get a phone call as I enter.
The bagpipe ditty the door plays in the SNL "All Things Scottish" skit. Wonderfully annoying.
"Counting all the assholes in the room, well, I'm definitely not alone"
Still Counting-Volbeat
Since in most scenarios I'd prefer people left the room when I entered, I don't know- the opening SCREAM from the President song In The Name of The Father?
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